How Russia’s Failed Coup Could Impact Global Commodities Markets

The weekend insurrection by Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and subsequent ‘failed coup’ has become a hot talking point and brought the 16-month long war in Ukraine into sharp focus. Whereas the Biden administration says it’s too early to determine how the latest developments will change the course of the war, many analysts believe it has weakened Putin’s regime and might even accelerate the end of Europe’s bloodiest conflict since WWII. A return to peace would almost certainly alter the global commodities…